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Reetu Kumra
Portfolio Manager and Director of Research, Fidelity Investments
Reetu Kumra is Director of Research and Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Canada Investment Management. As Director of Research, she leads a team of investment professionals responsible for providing research analysis and making investment recommendations for Canadian Equities. As Portfolio Manager, she manages the Fidelity Canadian Long/Short Alternative Fund and co-manages Fidelity Advantage Bitcoin ETF Fund® and Fidelity Advantage Ether ETF Fund™. She joined Fidelity in 2012 as an Equity Research Analyst and has 16 years of investment management and consulting experience. Ms. Kumra earned a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a Master of Arts from Harvard University, and an Honours Bachelor of Science in statistics, biology, and mathematics from the University of Toronto. Ms. Kumra is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder.
Farah Omran
Senior Economist, Scotiabank
Farah Omran is an economist focusing on macroeconomic analysis and forecasting. She works with Scotiabank’s economics team to keep tabs on key macroeconomic trends and risks that impact the bank’s outlook, spending her days thinking up economic scenarios that would stress the bank, and herself.
Nikki Papadopoulos
Managing Director, Private Equity, CPPIB
Nikki is responsible for sourcing, executing, and overseeing private equity investments in North America. She focuses on investments in industrials and business, financial and tech-enabled services sectors. Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2014, Nikki worked in Evercore’s mergers & acquisitions team based in London. Nikki holds an HBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University. She currently serves on the board of UKG Inc.
Michelle Khalili
Managing Director & Global Head of Equity Capital Markets and Corporate Finance Advisory, Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets
Michelle Khalili is Managing Director and Global Head, Equity Capital Markets and Corporate Finance Advisory at Scotiabank. She leads a team of professionals providing origination and execution of equity and equity-linked transactions in Canada, the United States and Latin America and also leads a multidisciplinary team that provides advisory services on capital structure, capital allocation, as well as ratings services. Michelle is the Executive Lead of The Scotiabank Women Initiative (SWI) for Global Banking and Markets and is a member of the SWI Enterprise Steering Committee. Michelle has over 20 years’ experience, holding diverse and progressively senior roles in Investment Banking and Equity Capital Markets. Prior to joining Scotiabank, Michelle was a member of the Private Capital Investment Banking team at CIBC, leading natural resource coverage of pension funds, private equity and sovereign wealth funds, as well as in the Equity Capital Markets group, working on the origination and execution of equity financings. Michelle also spent four years at Goldman Sachs as Head of Equity Capital Markets – Canada and was a member of Goldman Sachs Canada’s Board of Directors. Ms. Khalili is a member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, the national organization that oversees all investment dealers, mutual fund dealers and trading activity on Canada’s debt and equity market places. Ms. Khalili was a member of the Board of Directors for Women’s College Hospital for six years. She was a member of the Board of Directors for the Ontario Brain Institute, Interim Vice-Chair of the Board and also Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. Ms. Khalili is past Chair of the 100 Women in Finance’s Committee in Canada. She also previously served as Vice Chair and Board member of IIROC, and as a member of its Human Resources and Pension Committee. Michelle has been involved in a number of community initiatives, including the Canadian Women’s Foundation, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Run for the Cure. She was recognized with an Industry Award for Leadership by Women in Capital Markets (WCM), and has received the WCM Executive Coaching Award and the Champions of Change Award.
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